Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Jonathan Demme
Michael says: “THE AGRONOMIST is a fascinating documentary by Jonathan Demme, examining the life of Haitian radio journalist and human rights activist Jean Dominique. More of a portrait (as Ned so adeptly noted) than a documentary, Demme’s film traces Dominique’s
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Starring: Enayatullah | Hiddayatullah | Imran Paracha | Jamal Udin Torabi
Bruce says: “Michael Winterbottom is one of the most versatile and prolific directors around. Although he had done much TV work and some feature films that had not found general release, he garnered a cult following with his BUTTERFLY KISS
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Len Wiseman
Starring: Bill Nighy | Kate Beckinsale | Michael Sheen | Scott Speedman | Shane Brolly
Howard says: “Did you know there has been a war going on for hundreds of years? And it all started because the upper class and lower class dared to fall in love and have an abomination for a baby? Master
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Christine Jeffs
Starring: Blythe Danner | Daniel Craig | Gwyneth Paltrow | Jared Harris | Michael Gambon
Bruce says: “SYLVIA documents the last years of Sylvia Plath’s life, from the time she met and married Ted Hughes. While I liked this film, I found it more than a bit depressing. What was I expecting? It seems an
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Joel Katz
Laura says: “In a one hour running time, Katz explores how a white Jewish schoolteacher came to write the song which Holiday claimed, incorrectly, was written for her and which was later adopted by the Civil Rights movement. STRANGE FRUIT
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Liliana Cavani
Starring: Dougray Scott | John Malkovich | Lena Heady | Ray Winstone
Laura says: “Italian director Liliana Cavani (THE NIGHT PORTER) looks at Tom Ripley decades after his initial descent into evil. John Malkovich is perfectly cast as the amoral epicurean, now living grandly in a Veneto villa with his harpsichordist wife
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: John Walsh
Starring: Guinevere Turner | Martin Donovan | Mary Louise Parker | Rebecca Gayheart
Michael says: “Last night Scot and I watched a sweet little independent film on DVD. I had read about this film as far as a couple years back, and I was looking forward to it with great anticipation because it
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Douglas McGrath
Starring: Charlie Hunnam | Christopher Plummer | Jamie Bell | Stella Gonnet
Laura says: “When an idealistic gentleman of little fortune dies in rural England, his nineteen year old son is left to fend for himself as well as his mother and younger sister. They travel to London to engage the aid
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Paul Gross
Starring: Conor Price | Leslie Nielsen | Molly Parker | Paul Gross
Michael says: “If you see only ONE film about curling, make sure it’s the Canadian romantic comedy, MEN WITH BROOMS. (I challenge you to even find another film about curling.) Since becoming fascinated with this Canadian sport after seeing a
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Lucky McKee
Starring: Angela Bettis | Anna Farris | James Duval | Jeremy Sisto
Michael says: “Here’s a fun film for horror fans. This little indie has a brief one week run in Boston in June, but is already available on DVD at your local video store. If you’re a fan of the horror
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